Roy Hackett, UK civil rights icon, has died. He was of the leaders of the Bristol Bus Boycott in '63 & overturned a ban on Black drivers & conductors working on the city's buses + more. 'I was born an activist,' Mr Hackett once said. #Jamaica #Windrush theguardian.com/society/2020/a…

Do we need a War?

5 day headache due to the latest irresponsible media coverage. Could do with some assistance from colleagues to protect academics like myself who are dealing with sensitive history & face a backlash. Poor news coverage feels like a juggernaut coming at you on the pavement

This is what $110.6 million buys — that’s how much the oil & gas industry spent on lobbying, buying our elected officials, ~just in~ 2020.

Save the date for the Grand Launch of JtoJ’s Two New Projects!

The Economic (In)Justice project and online civil rights exhibition

Thursday June 17th, 20.00-21.30 on Zoom

Booking essential: 
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I agree with Which?. More can and must be done to #StopOnlineScams . Department for Culture, Media and Sport & Home Office please include online scams in the upcoming Online Safety Bill

Research brief to contribute to the data held by Bristol Cathedral ‘regarding those who are memorialised in the Cathedral, with particular reference to their links to transatlantic slave trafficking’ £12,000 D/L 24th May bristol-cathedral.co.uk/images/uploads… Please RT

Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame | Adrienne Matei theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Am stepping back from a lot of tweeting but please act to Stop #gentrification of this wonderful #LosAngeles shopping centre in historic black area it's such a special place downtowncrenshaw.com/petition
downtowncrenshaw.com/young_black_co… #racialjustice

Vast staff cuts imminent at V&A, insiders say theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Weekend reading included David Baddiel on antisemitism amongst progressives; more Vivian Gornick ready for our March event; the new collection of Joan Didion pieces; and an advance reading copy of the new Olivia Laing book. All good, important books.

⁦Zig⁩ nrdc.org/stories/black-…

Pleased to be part of this-contains great story re #familyhistory #empire #race and #mixedidentity

Eddie S. Glaude Jnr - Bristol Festival of Ideas ideasfestival.co.uk/events/eddie-g…

Check out this Stream! - 2021-01-25 18:42:31 video.cubecinema.com:8585/view/c9e424ec-…

On a day for the history books, Amanda Gorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that 'there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it.'

Sign the petition: Join NRDC 🌎🏡 in calling on the Biden admin to take bold action for our environment in its first critical 100 Days on.nrdc.org/3soln0x

WhatsApp forces users to agree to share private data including phone number with Facebook independent.co.uk/life-style/gad… Am dependent on WHATSAP for support during lockdown but hate the thought of Facebook accessing my data Kerry McCarthy